Definitions for career
kəˈrɪərca·reer

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. career, calling, vocation(noun)

   the particular occupation for which you are trained

2. career, life history(verb)

   the general progression of your working or professional life

   "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"

3. career(verb)

   move headlong at high speed

   "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. career(Noun)

   One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.

   Etymology: Mid 16th century, from carrière (a road or racecourse), from carriera, from carreira, from carraria based on carrus 'wheeled vehicle'. Or from carriere, from Old Provençal/Occitan carriera ("road"), from carraria.

2. career(Noun)

   An individual's work and life roles over their lifespan.

   Etymology: Mid 16th century, from carrière (a road or racecourse), from carriera, from carreira, from carraria based on carrus 'wheeled vehicle'. Or from carriere, from Old Provençal/Occitan carriera ("road"), from carraria.

3. career(Noun)

   speed

   Etymology: Mid 16th century, from carrière (a road or racecourse), from carriera, from carreira, from carraria based on carrus 'wheeled vehicle'. Or from carriere, from Old Provençal/Occitan carriera ("road"), from carraria.

4. career(Noun)

   A jouster's path during a joust.

   Etymology: Mid 16th century, from carrière (a road or racecourse), from carriera, from carreira, from carraria based on carrus 'wheeled vehicle'. Or from carriere, from Old Provençal/Occitan carriera ("road"), from carraria.

5. career(Noun)

   A short gallop of a horse.

   Etymology: Mid 16th century, from carrière (a road or racecourse), from carriera, from carreira, from carraria based on carrus 'wheeled vehicle'. Or from carriere, from Old Provençal/Occitan carriera ("road"), from carraria.

6. career(Verb)

   To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.

   The car careered down the road, missed the curve, and went through a hedge.

   Etymology: Mid 16th century, from carrière (a road or racecourse), from carriera, from carreira, from carraria based on carrus 'wheeled vehicle'. Or from carriere, from Old Provençal/Occitan carriera ("road"), from carraria.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Career(noun)

   a race course: the ground run over

   Etymology: [F. carrire race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]

2. Career(noun)

   a running; full speed; a rapid course

   Etymology: [F. carrire race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]

3. Career(noun)

   general course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier

   Etymology: [F. carrire race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]

4. Career(noun)

   the flight of a hawk

   Etymology: [F. carrire race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]

5. Career(verb)

   to move or run rapidly

   Etymology: [F. carrire race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Career

   Career describes an individuals' journey through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define a career and the term is used in a variety of ways.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Career

   ka-rēr′, n. a racecourse: a race: course of action: manner of life; v.i. to gallop: to move or run rapidly. [Fr. carrière, a racecourse. See Car.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. career

   A specific form of employment.

   Her career was very exciting.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'career' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1301

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'career' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3331

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'career' in Nouns Frequency: #484

How to pronounce career?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of career in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of career in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of career in a Sentence

1. Jalen Watts-Jackson:

   My goal is to overall be successful in something I love doing every day, and I feel like the Air Force would give me an opportunity to get a good career going for myself.

2. Michael Signer:

   There is a difference between demagogues and demagogic behavior, everything he has been doing has been at the level of him benefiting from controversy. There's a propagandistic element to it. He knows how to outrage people for his own benefit, and he's done that his whole career.

3. Kris Mohandie -LRB- left -RRB-:

   I ’d say one of the things that I never ceased to be amazed by is the triumph of the human spirit to endure through... unfathomable pain, what families live with when they have these kinds of unanswered questions. Even though I’ve seen it throughout my career, there’s never a time when I ’m not amazed by the people that survive and endure … I do believe we will have helped answer some very significant questions throughout these different investigations.

4. John Kasich:

   We have to pay no attention to the people who we hear whining about don't touch my program, we don't care about that. You know why? Because you come first and they come dead last. People that get in the way of progress come dead last in my career and in my life, the people we're gonna lift are the people who go to work every day and play by the rules.

5. Patrick Connor:

   Simply one of the most fascinating, hard-working persons, medicine was a second career for her. ... She just started practicing here two years ago.

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